{"id":2265,"date":"2014-05-08T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2014-06-03T22:40:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T17:10:37","slug":"chain-tree-myths-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=2265","title":{"rendered":"The Chain Tree of Kerala- myths and mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pazhankathakkapuram - The Story of The Chain Tree\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtxoLmPH5dM?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Amidst the lush green meadows of Wayanad is a very old Ficus tree, standing tall with a chain hanging around its trunk. It is the ever mysterious Chain Tree, a major tourist attraction of Wayanad in Kerala. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The chain tree has an interesting myth associated with it. The local people claim that the tree is haunted by a ghost. The ghost of <em>Karinthandan.<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Karinthandan <\/em>was the heir of a tribal community of Wayanad. He was the man who literally paved a way to connect Calicut to Wayanad. The Serpent road linking Wayanad and Calicut was built by him and it is for this reason that he was shot dead.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">His untimely death brought about a lot of accidents on the serpent road; and the death toll increased, or so the myth says. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">To resolve this issue and to bring about peace to the people, a monk was called upon to bind the ghost of <em>Karinthandan <\/em>to the Ficus tree. And to this day it is believed that this tree, the Chain tree, is the host of <em>Karinthadan\u2019s<\/em> ghost.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">As a tourist attraction, people who visit Wayanad, never fail to visit this tree to seek blessings before proceeding to the rest of their journey.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Research and Interview: Akhila CK<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Camera: Habeeb Rahman YP<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Archives: Jaihind TV<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Editing: Akhila CK<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Akhila CK<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">1st M.A. Mass Communication \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in?action=genpdf&amp;id=2265\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Amidst the lush green meadows of Wayanad is a very old Ficus tree, standing tall with a chain hanging around its trunk. 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